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TIL that there are still forgotten caches of incendiary grenades buried around Britain, for use by the Home Guard during WWII.

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4kgXN TIL The UK's Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 has a special provision for Peter Pan
lowMN TIL that over 90% of the planet's coal is from the 'carboniferous' era. An era that had evolved trees, but not anything to break them down. Trees died, fell down, and piled on top of each other eventually compressing all the trapped carbon into coal.
KKAw TIL when a diner called a gay couple “fags” and asked them to leave, online activists made it the most highly rated gay bar in Texas using Yelp reviews
lZPA TIL: People who turn in their drugs to the Gloucester Mass. Police Department and ask for help won’t be arrested, they’ll be rehabilitated.
OYjX TIL that paved roads became mainstream not because of automobiles, but because of bicycles. While cars could go across cobblestones fairly well, bicycles could not.